Tag: Climate change
What Does the U.S. Withdrawal From the Paris Agreement Mean?
The withdrawal takes one year from the formal notification by Washington to the United Nations for the decision to take effect. The Paris Agreement, from which President Donald Trump has signed the United States’ withdrawal, is an international treaty on climate change, legally binding, adopted in December 2015 by nearly 200 countries to limit global […]
January 21, 2025
South America at the Crossroads of Climate Change: Floods and Fires Mark the Current Crisis
On the other hand, Argentina faces an equally worrying crisis. In the province of Chubut, fires have consumed around 2,000 hectares, while the national government has been criticized for its lack of effective action on the growing climate crisis. Related: The Window for Action on Global Climate Change is Narrowing, C3S Warns South America is […]
January 16, 2025
Increasing Winds Pose New Risks for Wildfire-Ravaged Los Angeles
As firefighters continue to battle wildfires in the LA area, winds are expected to intensify in the coming days. On Sunday, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said that gusty winds and persistently dry weather are increasing extreme fire threats in the region. Northeast wind gusts surpassed 50 miles (about 80 km) per hour, […]
January 13, 2025
The Window for Action on Global Climate Change is Narrowing, C3S Warns
Extreme weather events will persist in 2025 as the long-term warming trend continues unabated. On Friday, Julien Nicolas, a senior climate scientist at the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), warned that time is running out to tackle the escalating climate crisis. RELATED: Guterres Urges Climate Justice in South Africa During G20 Presidency “We have to […]
January 10, 2025
Over 60 Million U.S. Residents Are Under Alert Due to Snowstorm
The states most impacted by this Arctic cold wave are Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky. On Sunday, the winter storm affecting a large part of the United States left roads icy across several central states and disrupted air traffic, with approximately 6,200 flight delays and 1,500 flight cancellations. RELATED: U.S. Congress to Certify Trump’s Victory […]
January 6, 2025
Emmanuel Macron To Travel to Mayotte to Inspect the Damage Caused by Cyclone Chido
Winds of up to 220 km/h have devastated this French overseas territory. On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he would travel to the Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte and praised “the responsiveness of all state services” in addressing the disaster caused by Cyclone Chido. RELATED: Mayotte Devastated by Cyclone Chido: Humanitarian Aid Is […]
December 17, 2024
Cyclone in Mayotte Islands Left Hundreds Dead, France Estimates
This overseas department has at least 100,000 precarious homes, most of which have been destroyed. On Sunday, the French Government’s delegate in the Mayotte department, François-Xavier Bieuville, estimated that Cyclone Chido has “undoubtedly caused several hundred deaths” in the Chido archipelago, located in the Indian Ocean. RELATED: Mexican State of Nuevo Leon Declares a State […]
December 15, 2024
Large Wildfire in Southern California Prompts Evacuations
There are approximately 18,000 people and 8,100 homes and businesses under evacuation orders or warnings. As of Tuesday afternoon, a large wildfire in Malibu in Southern California has grown to over 2,700 acres (10.9 square kilometers), prompting evacuations due to dangerous fire conditions. The fire, codenamed Franklin Fire, was reported Monday night. It started near […]
December 11, 2024
Storm Bora Causes Widespread Damage in Greece
The Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection declared Lemnos and Rhodes in a state of emergency. On Monday, Greek authorities declared a state of emergency on two Aegean islands as a powerful weather system, named Bora, continued to wreak havoc across the country. The storm, which began on Friday, has already claimed three lives […]
December 3, 2024
State of Maine to Sue Oil Companies Over Climate Change
The lawsuit accuses the companies of having withheld what they knew about the consequences of fossil fuel use since the 1960s. Maine has become the latest U.S. state to sue oil and gas companies over climate change, claiming that Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron and other giants waged a decades-long campaign to conceal the effects of […]